1953 GMT:Egypt. President Morsi declares a 30-day state of emergency in Port Said, Suez, and Ismailia, with a curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Morsi then calls on political parties to enter dialogue, as "this is the only way to get through the current phase and achieve stability".

1950 GMT:Egypt. Addressing the nation on television after this weekend's violence that has killed at least 50 people, President Morsi has said judicial verdicts --- such as Friday's sentencing of 21 people to executions over last year's 74 deaths in a Port Said football stadium --- have to be respected, as they are not aimed against any group of people. He said "acts of violence, blocking roads are...not something Egyptians are are esed to....They are the ugly face of counter-revolution."

Thanking the police and armed forces, Morsi said, "We will confront any threats firmly in the framework of the state of law....I gave orders to the Ministry of Interior to respond in the strictest terms to those who use arms and frighten citizens....I am against exceptional procedures but if I have to I will impose them."

1625 GMT:Egypt. The head of Port Said's hospitals says three men, one of them an 18-year-old, have been killed after security forces opened fire on funerals for the 33 people who were slain on Saturday.

The man died from a gunshot wound in the chest.

The medical official said at least 416 people suffered from tear gas inhalation, while 17 were wounded by gunshots.

Islamist insurgents reportedly withdrew to the north to avoid French airstrikes.

Of three cities taken by insurgents last spring, only Kidal remains in their hands. The French-Malian offensive claimed Gao on Saturday.

1410 GMT:Bahrain. Hundreds of people at the funeral of 8-year-old Qassim Habib, allegedly killed by tear gas, are reported to be moving towards Pearl Roundabout, the symbolic centre of the mass protests from February 2011. Security forces have prevented access to the area since the following month, when they overran the protest camp and later destroyed the symbolic monument.

Most of the wounded suffered from tear gas inhalation, but at least 10 were hit by live ammunition or birdshot.

1330 GMT:Bahrain. Mourners at today's funeral of an 8-year-old boy, Qassim Habib --- activists and the opposition society Al Wefaq claim he died from the effects of tear gas that he inhaled almost a week ago:

1232 GMT:Egypt. Tear gas was fired on the funeral procession for yessterday's victims, as it passed the Port Said Police Club and Army Club. Alistair Beach of The Independent of London is in no doubt that the assault was deliberate:

Whoever fired gas at funeral did so from deep within their compound with no provocation at all. It was calculated. #Egypt#PortSaid

The clashes, including fighting outside the main prison and the city's hospital followed a court's declaration of 21 death sentences on men involved in last year's deaths at the Port Said football stadium of 74 fans, most of them supporters of the Cairo club Ahly.

When the verdicts were announced, Ahly fans celebrated and set off fireworks. However, families of the defendants, most of whom supporters of the Port Said team, gathered outside the prison where their relatives are held. Protesters joined them, and gunfire soon broke out.

Twenty-eight civilians and two police officers were slain as clashes spread throughout the city. At least 300 people have been injured. Some prisoners escaped from a police station amid fighting between officers and demonstrators.

After President Morsi held an emergency meeting of the National Defence Council, the Minister of Information said, “The council holds the right to declare a state of emergency and a curfew, if needed."

Meanwhile, there were other confrontations across Egypt following Friday's anniversary of the 2011 uprising against President Mubarak. The "Black Bloc", a group which first appeared this weekend, tried to storm the headquarters of the Dakahliya Governorate in the central Delta, fighting with security forces before destroying the entrance to the site.